M1.5 earthquake 39 km ESE of Alamo, Nevada
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 39 km ESE of Alamo, Nevada on Sun, Dec 12, 2021, 9:06 PM PST (05:06 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.1 28 km SE of Rachel, Nevada. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Nevada Seismological Laboratory
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-12-13 05:06:36 UTC
- Depth
- 6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.208° N, 114.767° W
- Region
- Nevada
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.31
- Station coverage gap
- 105°
- Stations used
- 15
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.77 km NE of Alamo, Nevada · 1756 days ago · 1 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.128 km SE of Rachel, Nevada · 1750 days ago · 14 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.043 km W of Veyo, Utah · 1743 days ago · 12 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.915 km SE of Hiko, Nevada · 1739 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
- 1.630 km SE of Rachel, Nevada · 1729 days ago · 16 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.743 km S of Caliente, Nevada · 1727 days ago · 16 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.836 km NW of Bunkerville, Nevada · 1715 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.623 km ESE of Alamo, Nevada · 1704 days ago · 0 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.542 km S of Rachel, Nevada · 1704 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.530 km N of Hiko, Nevada · 1698 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00829844. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 6:59 AM UTC.